Police pledges to cooperate with Journalists

The South Sudan Police
Service has called for cooperation between members of the press and law
enforcement agencies.

James Pui Yak Deputy
Inspector General of Police said there was need for cooperation with the media,
especially on security issues to avoid clashes.

He was speaking during
the South Sudan National Police Services and journalists training in Juba
yesterday.

The training was
organized by the Media Authority in partnership with Journalists for Human
Rights (JHR).

Yak said sometimes
government refuses to give information to be disseminated to the public when it
concerns the national security issues.

He urged the
journalists to get information from the right officials in order to report
accurately.

“When you disseminate
information provided by the leadership I think you will not report wrongly,”
Yak said.

He stressed that it is
important for the police to interact with the media and listen to each other.

Elijah Alier, Managing Director
for Media Authority said the work of journalists has improved since 2017 when
their office was established.

“The nature of the
media reporting in South Sudan has significantly improved since 2017. The citizens
are able to express themselves freely without interference and intimidation
from law enforcement agencies since the commencement of national dialogue,” Alier
said.

Alier added that
ethnic-base hate speech reporting has also reduced from all legally recognized
media houses under Media Authority with the exception of some parallel media houses.

“We have to change that
narrative of the past reporting associated with misconception and negative reporting
based on confrontation,” Alier added.

Alier admitted that about
20 foreign journalists had been denied accreditation for disseminating and
circulating unfounded harmful and misleading information.

He claimed that those
rejected journalists opted to propagate and misinform the whole world with
unsubstantiated report about South Sudan.

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